What the Eagles are saying after 32-21 loss to the Commanders

That’s something that we talk about and we think about, that you’re susceptible getting up off the ground. You want to teach him to be aggressive, and if he’s not seeing behind him, then get up off the ground, maybe run for a touchdown.

We are also aware that the defense is taught to take a swipe at that ball when you are getting up off the ground kind of the same way as when you’re going to the ground. The ball is loose sometimes when you’re that way.

We have to do a better job of coaching that. We have to think of a drill to do that. We talk about it, but obviously we didn’t execute it today. So, as a coach you put yourself in that situation first and say, ‘How do I fix that?’ So, we’ll have to do a drill where we’re getting up off the ground, protecting it, and if there are bodies around us, we have to stay down on the ground.

Like I said, we talk about it, but I didn’t put Quez in that scenario in drills. We’ll get better from this as coaches, and I know Quez will as well.

“It was just an overall lack of detail and execution. Today it got us. I think there have been games in the past where you would hear us say leaving money on the table, opportunities that we didn’t take advantage of. I look at this game and we were repeat offenders of that and today it got us. It’s something we have to learn from. It is something we already know and it is something we have to fix and control the things we can in the end when we are out on the field.”

“We’ll respond. We’ve got some good teams coming up. Of course, you know, we’ll re-energize. You know, you can learn a lot from losses.”

“Honestly, I was just trying to make a play. I know I didn’t get touched and I knew I had left him behind, so I just wanted to get up and get some extra yards.”

“Today, we just give the credit to Washington. They put us in some positions where we did some uncharacteristic things but credit to them. They came out and played. One of these games that I wish I could have that call back, but at the end of the day, we wish we could have a bunch of calls back. But you know what? They won. For me, I just want to make up for it by what I do next week, how I respond. I’m going to take that one on the chin. Of course, we’re all going to just flush it and move on. But I’m definitely going to take that one and make sure I don’t let the team down in a situation like that.”

“I wasn’t gassed because I am in good shape, but we were out there for a long time. That is on us. We kept allowing them to get in manageable downs to convert and that is on us. We have to do better than that. We know we are better than that. It was a great opportunity, but now we have another one coming up.”